Community Health Information System for Family-Centered Health Care: Scale-Up in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region


 
Language:

English

Authors:

Chewicha K, Azim T

Publisher:

Ministry of Health, Ethiopia

Series/Journal Title:

Policy and Practice: Information for Action

Volume:

5

Issue:

1

Pages:

7

Description:

This article describes the scale-up of the Community Health Information System (CHIS), a family-centered health information system designed for the health extension worker to manage and monitor her work in educating households and delivering an integrated package of promotive, preventive, and basic curative health service to families. It also documents achievements and challenges, sharing lessons learned that can be useful in CHIS implementation in other regions. [adapted from summary]

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Geographic Focus

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